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Dancing Des Grieux: An Artistic Director’s View

April 20, 2016 by Nina 1 Comment

It’s not often a dancin’ mom gets to have a long chat with her dancin’ son’s artistic director—especially when he dances professionally. However, I had the unique opportunity to interview Aaron Watkin, the artistic director at SemperOper Ballett in Dresden, Germany, just after my son, Julian, danced the biggest role of his career, Des Grieux […]

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Filed Under: Ballet, Dance in Europe, Dance Tips, professional dance Tagged With: Aaron Watkin, Des Grieux, Julian Amir Lacey, Manon, professional dance, Semperoper Ballett

Julian Performs in the International Dance Gala in Venice

July 14, 2014 by Nina Leave a Comment

If you live near Venice, Italy, or happen to be vacationing there this week, you’re in luck! You can see Julian perform in the City of Canals. For the last two months, Julian has been rehearsing to perform at a gala in Venice, which takes place on Wednesday, July 15. He and Jia Sun, another […]

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Filed Under: Dance in Europe, performance Tagged With: dance performance, gala, International Dance Gala, Venice

Finishing the Ballet Season in Style

July 12, 2014 by Nina Leave a Comment

The curtain came down yesterday on the 2013-2014 Semperoper Ballett season. This marked the end of Julian’s first year in the corps de ballet for a major European ballet company and his first year fully employed and living in his own apartment in Dresden. Due to an unfortunate event just three minutes or so into […]

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Filed Under: Dance in Europe, professional dance Tagged With: Alexei Ratmansky, dance performance, premier, Semperoper Ballet, Tanzsuite

Julian’s Spring Season 2014 at SemperOper Ballet: An Update

June 15, 2014 by Nina 5 Comments

I  promised photos and more news about what Julian was doing at SemperOper Ballett in Dresden, Germany, but…no photos were ever forthcoming. I kept waiting and waiting and waiting. Since that doesn’t seem to be a possibility, I figure I better just write something. Also, I’ve been enormously busy launching my new book (The Author […]

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Filed Under: Dance in Europe Tagged With: Alexei Ratmansky, gala, premier, Semperoper Ballet, Stijn Celis, William Forsythe

My Dancin’ Son Get’s His Television Debut

December 3, 2013 by Nina 8 Comments

Julian Lacey performing

It’s rare these days for me to be able to “show” you Julian dancing in Germany. However, recently he was chosen as the lead in a short, new piece to be aired on national German television. During the filming, some “unofficial” photos were taken that I was given permission to use. I suppose I could […]

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Filed Under: Dance in Europe, professional dance Tagged With: dancing on television, Raphaël Coumes-Marquet, Semperoper Ballett, Silvesterconcert, television debut

See Nordic Lights in Germany

November 27, 2013 by Nina Leave a Comment

I recently took another short trip to Germany to see Julian dance in a SemperOper Ballett premier. We were thrilled to see him dance in Nordic Lights, October 25 and 27, three contemporary pieces by Swedish choreographers. We arrived in Germany to a text message asking if we would make it to Dresden by 1 […]

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Filed Under: choreography, Dance in Europe, professional dance Tagged With: Dresden, Germany, Nordic Lights, Semperoper Ballett, Swedish choreographers

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